as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to retirement; authorizing the Minneapolis 1.3 fire department relief association to pay survivor 1.4 benefits to certain persons. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. [SURVIVOR BENEFITS.] 1.7 Notwithstanding any law requiring a marriage to have been 1.8 in existence for five years for survivor benefits to be payable, 1.9 a person who but for the five-year requirement would be 1.10 eligible, may receive a surviving spouse benefit from the 1.11 Minneapolis fire department relief association if the person: 1.12 (1) was married in January 1993 to a person who retired 1.13 from the Minneapolis fire department in March 1985; and 1.14 (2) remained married to that person until the person's 1.15 death in October 1997. 1.16 Sec. 2. [LOCAL APPROVAL.] 1.17 Section 1 is effective on the day after compliance by the 1.18 Minneapolis city council with Minnesota Statutes, section 1.19 645.021, subdivision 2.